Court jails killer of kenyan Olympic champion’s daughter for 16 years

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A US national of Kenyan origin was sentenced in Switzerland Monday to 16 years prison for the murder of the daughter of Kenyan Olympic athlete Julius Korir, Swiss media reported.

The man, whose name was not given, was found guilty in a Bern canton regional court of holding a long-time acquaintance prisoner in her apartment before stabbing her to death in the village of Reconvilier in January 2017, theThe victim was reportedly Faith Chepkosgei Korir, a geriatric nurse and the daughter of Julius Korir, a revered figure in Kenya who won the 3,000-metre steeplechase at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

The convicted killer’s sentence was longer than the 15 years requested by the prosecutor in the case, Raphael Arn. The man’s defence lawyer meanwhile had asked that his client serve no more than seven years, pointing to his assertion that he and the victim had entered into a death pact. The victim and her husband, Swiss runner Florian Wahli, often hosted elite African runners who came to Switzerland to take part in races there.

 

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